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KaDee Strickland Profile |
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Birth Date: December 14, 1975
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Birth Place: Patterson, Georgia, USA
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Birth Name: Katherine Dee Strickland
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
KaDee Strickland is an American actress.
Well-known in her hometown of Patterson, Georgia when she
was a child, she began acting during high school. Strickland
studied the profession in Philadelphia and New York City,
where she obtained mostly small roles in film, television
and theater projects, among them The Sixth Sense (1999). Her
participation in the 2003 Hollywood films Anything Else and
Something's Gotta Give led to her receiving significant
parts in the horror pictures Anacondas and The Grudge (both
2004). In the period they were released, Strickland was
referred to as "the pride of Patterson" and the horror
fandom's "newest scream queen", though her performances in
both films received mixed critical reviews.
In 2005, Strickland garnered positive critical comment for
the romantic comedy Fever Pitch, and in 2007, she was a cast
regular in the television shows The Wedding Bells and
Private Practice. Strickland has spoken against the emphasis
placed on beauty in the Los Angeles acting community, in
which she says her Southern U.S. background has helped to
distinguish her from other blonde-haired actors. She has
spoken of an affinity for her strong female characters and a
desire to avoid sexualizing or sensationalizing her
presentation of herself as a woman.
Strickland began a relationship with Jason Behr, her co-star
in The Grudge, on the set of the film in early 2004.
According to her, they had a shared affinity for Japan and
Japanese culture and became best friends almost instantly
because of their mutual willingness to explore it. When
asked about her love life in February 2005, Strickland said
it was "quiet". On November 10, 2006, she married Behr in
Ojai, California. She said her experience planning the
wedding aided her preparation for her role in The Wedding
Bells.
Strickland is an advocate of the arts. In 2004, before the
release of Anacondas, she hosted the art debut of fellow
actress Heidi Jayne Netzley at the Edgemar Center for the
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Other
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Raised in Georgia and then went to the University of the
Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Favorite horror movie is The Omen (1976).
Name origins come from her father's name, Dee.
Considered for the role of Susan Storm/Invisible Girl in
Fantastic Four (2005).
Received a Silver Star Alumni Award from her alma mater, The
University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2006.
Met her now husband Jason Behr on the set of 2004's The
Grudge. |
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since July 21, 2008